Native Bird Collage Art

For the last few weeks we have been learning about Native New Zealand birds. We completed some beautiful collage artwork using cardboard, paint, dye and newspaper. 

Movies - Term 3

In Team Awa some groups have been making movies. These 3 movies were shared in our school movie judging. Unfortunately we didn't get in the top 3 but we are proud of these children. We started with a brainstorming session to get ideas of what our movies would be about. Then each group made a story board to plan out their movie. They had to write their script and decide what part they would play. Here are our 3 finished movies, there are still a few more to finish.

Maunga Art

Recently the trees at the back of our school had to be cut down. We now have a wonderful view of our closest maunga Turoto. We sketched it and used it as motivation for our landscape art pieces. 

Taiamai Rock

 We went for a lovely walk to Taiamai Rock with Matua Ken. He told us the legend and we sketched the shape of the rock. 

Matariki Coding

For Reading we have been doing lots of learning about Matariki. The students have been using code to navigate through the seven stars of Matariki. Here are some photos of them coding with the blue bot.

Play Make Create Rockets

For the last two weeks we have been focusing on rockets. Last week we had a focus on Play Make Create with Rockets. One of the tasks was to create a rocket from recycled materials. The only specific criteria was that their rocket had to stand up. The children really enjoyed creating their rockets and came up with some awesome designs. Some even spent time modifying them to try and get them to stand up and meet the criteria.

Pom Pom Germs.

For the first few weeks back at school the children have enjoyed making pom pom germs. They chose the colours and wrapped their cardboard rings until there was no space left. They glued on eyes, small pompoms or pipe cleaners to decorate their germs. They gave their germs names and described what their germ did. Check out the kids blog pages for their stories. Here are some of our germs.